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Summery: Emma gets answers then has a request
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XOXOXO
When Dylan agrees to tell Emma everything, he takes her hand and leads her to the spare room in his cabin. He bypasses Caleb and Gunner who look at them strangely but they say nothing which was good. He can't think of them now. As soon as she sits down on the cot in the room, her little hands folded on her lap, he takes a deep breath and tells her...
Everything.
He tells her about how his mom up and moved her and Norman out of Arizona without telling him. After weeks of doing some intense research about her husband Sam's death, he was convinced it was Norma that murdered him. How he was an abusive drunk that had it coming. He tells her how Norma wanted him gone because she thought he would corrupt Norman but he blackmailed Norma into letting him stay because he had no where else to go and even though he hated Norma, she was still his mother; even though she hated him and made that very clear.
He tells her when he found out Norma killed the previous owner of the motel after he broke into the house drunk and raped her. How Romero knows and protected her after what happened with the deputy and the sex slave trade thing happened. He tells her about the dead body found in her bed as a scare tactic.
He tells her when he found out Norman has blackouts he does things he doesn't remember. How Norman may have seemed like an innocent boy when he first came to White Pine Bay but even before them he did bad things. He killed his own father, had sex with Miss Watson, and pushed Cody's father down the stairs, killing him and he doesn't even remember.
He tells her how he just stumbled into the drug world of the town and how he got Bradley's dad's job because he was being reckless. He tells her Bradley killed her father's killer and how he helped her cover it up and fake her own death.
(He notices she looks a little jealous when she finds out that Bradley was still alive and that gives him a deep satisfaction. Bradley was nothing compared to her and he wished she would realize that. But, jealousy was better than her running out screaming.)
He tells her about Norman getting kidnapped by Nick Ford, Miss Watson's dad and put into a steel box because Norma pissed him off and made an enemy out of him. He tells her how he finally took her advice to let things go and how he saved his little brother from death in a box.
He tells her about Norman's involvement in Miss Watson's death and how him, Norma, and Romero were convinced he killed her but when he did a polygraph test, he passed. However, Norma was starting not to trust Norman so she started going to him for things and that made Norman super jealous.
He tells her that he found Norman sharing a bed with her and how he told his mother that isn't right since Norman is eighteen and shouldn't be so clingy to her but Norma and Norman wouldn't let it go.
He also tells her how happy he was that she didn't quit the Motel when she said she was going to. How much she has helped him by keeping an eye on Norman and when she stayed with him that night when he blacked out.
He tells her that night Norman had his blackout and she was sleeping, he found Norman dressed up in Norma's robe in the kitchen acting like her and saying he was Norma. How he told Norma and she was worried but she doesn't know if she can let him go but knows he needs help.
The final thing he tells her is that since she came into his life, she has been the only light in his life. How she is his constant ray of sunshine in his shit of a life and how he will do anything to protect her because he loves her and will pick her over Norma and Norman anytime.
By the time he was finished, Emma looked completely overwhelmed. It was a lot of information to process, he knew and he was so scared she was just going to walk out of the cabin and out of his life.
"And since I'm unloading everything, I should be completely honest with you. Caleb gave me $40,000 to help me make whatever time you have left amazing. I haven't even spent it yet but that's what started the small gifts when you were at work. I wanted to do small gestures I knew you would like before taking you on some road trips so you can see more of the world." He whispers and she looks at him and gives him a sad smile.
"I never knew..." She whispered with tears in her eyes.
"So many things you all have kept from me. I never knew Norman or Norma, not really. Do I even know you at all Dylan?" She asks him in a defeated tone and his eyes go wide in panic.
"You're the only one who does know the real me! The goofy, insecure, book worm no one else gives a shit about. You know the deepest parts of me. That I am a child of incest, the outcast. I chose you over them. I will choose you every damn time because I love you." He holds her hand tightly in his in a desperate attempt to keep her.
Emma nods and shakes her head sadly. "I love you too Dylan. I just can't wrap my head around all this. So much has happened I had no clue about because no one trusted me." She pulls him closer to her so his face was inches away from hers.
"But I know how hard it was for you to finally tell me all of this and I appreciate it." She looks like she wants to say more but can't find the right words and stays silent. He can't help but press his lips to hers and she kisses him back slowly and pulls away after a moment.
"Is there any way for him to talk to someone?" She asks and he shakes his head. She may not have ever known Norman but he was still the first person who was ever nice to her and she wished she could help him.
"After whatever happened with that shrink, Norma would never allow that to happen again." He answers and she thinks that sounds like Norma.
"When he was acting like Norma, he said that Norma was waiting for him to get older so they could finally be together. That I was a good distraction." She reveals and his eyes widen a little. Dylan thinks him having an Oedipus complex is probably what the shrink told Norman he had.
"As wrong as it sounds, so much makes sense now." He mutters and she bites her lip absently.
"He...as Norma also threatened to kill me if I told anyone about what he...or she said." She reveals so confused but the fact remains. She was threatened.
"I will protect you no matter what happens Em."He promises and she nods her head still thinking.
She knows what she wants but she knows there is no way he would go for it. It was crazy. He would never agree to it. Dylan must have seen her inner conflict because he finally sits on the bed next to her, still holding her hand in his as if she will run away at any moment.
"What are you thinking?" She looks at him and takes a deep breath.
"I'm thinking we leave White Pine Bay for a while." She finally says and he goes still.
Could he really leave? He thought he was forever tied to the drama with his family he never considered leaving an option. Could he really take his girl, get into the truck, and ride off into the sunset?
"If Norman's alter ego thinks I'm a threat, I refuse to live my time I have left hiding at home in fear that Norma or Norman or WHOEVER is going to stab me while I have my back turned. I want to live Dylan, for however long I have left and I want my final days to be with you." She says staring deep into his eyes.
"What about your dad?" He whispers. Surely he wouldn't let her go.
"I'll say goodbye but he wouldn't be able to stop me. I'm nineteen and I know he wouldn't refuse to help me with my hospital bills while I'm gone. Wherever we go I'll make sure he knows so if he wants to visit he can."
It takes a couple minutes of silence before he finally pulls her into his arms and hugs her tight.
He whispers "Okay" into her hair and she breaths in a sigh of relief.
It would be sad for him to just pack up and leave his barn so close to it being finished but Emma has a point that she was in danger. He can always give the barn to his dad to take over and Gunner be the face of the legal operation since Caleb was wanted.
And he will choose her over anything. Every time.
XOXOXOX
He takes her home and she gets her things quickly. Some cloths, whatever oxygen she has along with her medicine, her camera and laptop her dad gave her, some books and photos she couldn't part with, and her journal. She took out a couple pieces of paper and wrote her dad a long letter.
She spent about fifteen minutes writing a goodbye letter to her father. As much as she wished she could wait for him and explain the situation, she knew if she saw him she would end up staying and right now she didn't feel safe here.
She writes that she will call him and let him know where she is when they settle down so he can take time and visit her. She thanks him for being her best friend and tells him how much she loves him.
By the time she was done, she was crying softly but puts the letter in an envelope and places it on top of his pillow. She would miss him so much.
Dylan silently takes her bags and watches her silently say goodbye to her old home. After this moment, Dylan wasn't sure the next time she would see it.
It takes some time, but soon enough Emma turns to him with tears in her eyes and runs into his arms. She holds him tight and cries.
"We don't have to do this you know?" Dylan whispers into her ear. He does need to do something to protect her but he could hide her at the barn until then if he had to.
She shakes her head.
"No. We need to do this. I want us to live Dylan, you're my home now." She replies and looks at him smiling as she wipes her tears.
Not so long ago, while they were playing 20 questions in the Motel Office, he remembers telling her he wanted to settle down and find a place he could call home. How he wanted to look some place and think that he finally found the place he belonged. It took him so long to realize he belonged exactly where he was now. Right next to Emma.
"You're my home too." He declares and he swears her smile shined brighter than the sun necklace around her neck.
She gently takes his hand and they walk out of her childhood home and towards their future.
TBC
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